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| 5/18/2006
Colossians 4:2 "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful."
I sometimes think I don't want to learn ANY more lessons. But then again, if I am NOT learning, then I must not be living, right? I had another "aha" moment that in some ways I wish I hadn't had. I have learned MORE about God through my experiences with my children than most other resources (other than the Bible) put together. Here was the situation. The end of school is very challenging and VERY tiring. As far as the kids are concerned, school is pretty much over. As far as I am concerned, I am trying to get in that last little bit of teaching to prepare them for first grade. Plus I am frantically trying to finish up assessments and deal with the very long to do list. And I try to do things earlier and earlier each year, but there are a lot of things that just cannot be done until the end. Throw in several potlucks and end of the year meetings, plus Hunter's baseball games...well, I won't bore you with the rest. I will say that it is rare for me to be in bed before midnight right now. And if you know a teacher, this time of year, give them a great BIG hug and offer to make them dinner. :) I had a parent do that last week for Teacher Appreciation Week...what a treat for me and my family. Oh, I digress...so tonight Mark went to watch the Razorbacks game. And I decided to do a "quickie" dinner to get the kids to bed a little earlier after all of these baseball games we have had this week. Lauren wanted PB and J, her standard. Hunter wanted leftover pizza. I put his pizza in the microwave...it was in there for less than a minute. As I am putting it on his plate, I hear him grumbling about being unhappy. I innocently asked him what he was unhappy about...to which he replied, "That you took so long cooking my pizza!" I will admit, it was not my shining moment as a parent. I gave him a long little talk (with a very unhappy voice) about how ungrateful he was, how I didn't have to cook his pizza, and that he didn't really wait too long. Then I hear this voice in my head (I DON'T like that voice :)..."Reba, aren't you doing that with the adoption? You are so eager for Maria to be here, you are trusting Me, but aren't you grumbling about the time element??? Are you being grateful for the gift or spending too much time complaining about the time?" Fudgesicles! Humbled again...Instead of treasuring the moments we have right now, I am too caught up in panicking about PGN NOT moving, what God is doing, and most of all, WHEN He is doing it. Something for me to ponder. On a positive note...Hunter got his passport today!!! No problems at all getting it. Praise God! |
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5/20/2006 Well, I don't know about you, but that Saturday just flew by. I hope you enjoyed your day "off". We did. I went to the baby shower and had the privilege of holding a 2 month old boy...he was precious. I don't get to hold babies much anymore. I enjoyed it immensely. As my effect has always been on the male gender, I put him right to sleep. :) Then I went shopping for Lauren's birthday which is just a couple of weeks away. It was fun, but exhausting. Or maybe I am still exhausted from teaching all week, attending three of Hunter's baseball games, AND then going to fireworks night at the Razorback game last night. Anyway, while I did all of this, Mark and the kids went to his office to finish up some work and then to another baseball game. They didn't stay for the whole thing though...it was HOT today. We ended the day with a nice meal and Trading Spaces of course. We had a lot of fun at dinner tonight. I told the kids several things about Guatemala, what to expect, etc. Lauren especially was fascinated with it and wanted me to tell her more and more. Hunter is the more practical one. His main question was "How much of their money does it take to make one dollar in the US?" (The answer is about 7.5 quetzales=$1. We also looked at pictures of the hotel on the Internet. It won't be too much longer... Oh, before I forget, I want to say congratulations to some newfound friends who live in our area. Their little boy to be's case exited PGN yesterday after about 8-10 weeks! We are so excited for them!!! They will be going to be pick their sweet son (around 5 months of age) about the same time as we return from our trip. Tonight in Kohls, we saw a sweet dark eyed child with her hair all pulled back in the little rubberbands. She was about Maria's age. I think both of our hearts skipped a beat when we saw her... Psalm 29:11 The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace. I cannot explain it other than by the grace of God, but right now (always subject to change :), I have such a peace about Maria's arrival in our family. Now in another six weeks, I may find myself growing anxious, but I hope I can hold onto this peace...she is in His hands...He will deliver her to us in His timing. Remind me of that when I am in another long drought... Anyway, I am all over the place. But have a GREAT rest of the weekend...and thank you for waiting on the LORD with us. PS. If you ever try to e-mail me and have trouble, you can e-mail [email protected] also...sometimes my AOL is finicky. |
| 5/19/2006 Unforutnately, my computer locked up when I was transferring htis entry over...it is gone. :( I have got to start printing them up or saving them to a disc before I do that. The good news is there wasn't anything terribly exciting on it other than Lauren's passport did arrive, and I am VERY tired. Have a good weekend! |
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